化学依赖咨询是心理健康学科中增长最快的就业市场之一。俄亥俄州现在拥有自己的董事会来授予化学依赖咨询师执照的资格（俄亥俄州化学依赖专业委员会-OCDPB）。该计划为所有级别的化学依赖性咨询许可提供所有学术培训。克利夫兰州立大学化学依赖性咨询证书被称为俄亥俄州首个获得化学依赖性咨询专业人员委员会认可的证书计划，是我们咨询和社会工作计划之间的联合计划，旨在为辅导员和社会工作者做准备基于成瘾研究的最新研究，专门研究成瘾咨询。OBCDP接受五门课程的顺序（12个学分），以满足执照的教育要求，并且可以在一个夏季学期完
One of the fastest growing job markets in the mental health disciplines is chemical dependency counseling. The state of Ohio now has its own board to license chemical dependency counselors (The Ohio Chemical Dependency Professionals Board - OCDPB). This program provides all the academic training for all levels of chemical dependency counseling licensure. Named the first certificate program in the state of Ohio to earn accreditation from the Ohio Board of Chemical Dependency Counseling Professionals, the Cleveland State University Chemical Dependency Counseling Certificate is a joint program between our Counseling and Social Work programs, designed to prepare counselors and social workers for specialization in addictions counseling, based in the latest research in addictions studies. The five-course sequence (12 credits), is accepted by the OBCDP as meeting the educational requirements for licensure and can be completed in one summer semester, with course offerings in the Fall, Spring and Summer semesters for optimum schedule flexibility. The program is designed to meet the academic credentials for all three levels of Chemical Dependency Counseling issued by the state of Ohio: The certificate program requires a total of twelve credit hours plus completion of the master's in social work or counseling (school or agency). One hundred hours of the total 274 clock hours are infused in the master's programs in social work and counseling.